Managing Manufacturing Network Performance

Due to the increasing availability of data as well as new digital technologies and tools, there are increasing opportunities for the performance management of international manufacturing networks. In order to approach the topic, current survey results on the implementation status, barriers, and success factors of global manufacturing companies will be presented first. Based on this, some of the barriers and success factors will be addressed, and possibilities will be shown how they can be eliminated in practice. The site comparison matrix and site profile methodologies enable the comparison of sites even if they exhibit a high degree of heterogeneity. The two frameworks are explained using practical examples. In addition, a concept is proposed that allows the design of a performance management system at the manufacturing network level and goes beyond the approaches for pure site comparison.